General information
HANGAR Center of Artistic Research in Lisbon is looking for an intern to act as an artist assistant of international Portuguese artist Mónica de Miranda. The volunteer assistant will play an important role in supporting the development of major visual art work supervised by the artist and by the Center of Artistic Research. HANGAR is keen to support the professional development of their volunteer artist assistant; placement as an artist assistant will provide unique opportunities to be involved with international artist's everyday studio work, supporting the development of major exhibitions in United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, and Angola. The placement will be set in between HANGAR headquarters in Graça and the studio of Mónica de Miranda in Marvila.
The intern will have opportunity to utilise their skills as well as learn and develop new skills: interact and network with a wide variety of people, galleries, technicians, museums, universities and designers, learn about developing exhibitions from making until delivery stage working with others through the creative process of production while meeting the challenges of the professional that will teach the assistant the sucefull skills of the career development investigative and analytical skills and learn how to critically engage with the art world.
Skills to have:
- good artistic and technical skills in the area of photography, video, sculpture and computer software related programs to the area concerned good drawing skills
- effective communication and diplomacy skills
- excellent organisational skills
- good presentation skills
- be able to work effectively as part of a team
- be able to work under pressure and to respect deadlines
- good IT skills
- understand relevant Health and Safety laws and procedures
- be self-assured, without appearing over-confident
- be keen to help and learn from more experienced professionals
- be able to accept direction and constructive criticism
- be able to cope with stress
- perform a positive attitude
- be tactful, sensitive, patient, and able to put people at their ease
- good creative problem solving skills and flexibility
- have an understanding of the research process and how to source information.
Specific role responsibilities:
These responsibilities may vary depending on the educational background and training of the volunteer but could include all or some of the following depending on skill-set:
- To assist with and help with the making of the artist work
- Communications and Marketing Manager, in particular, Facebook and Instagram
- To assist with and help maintain the artist website both in terms of content generation and updating information
- To be a point of contact in the Age and Opportunity office and respond to enquiries from the public and direct people to local and national Bealtaine events
- To respond to requests for information from the artist's galeries and maintain a record of all such calls, keeping sufficiently up to date with the artist's programme
More information regarding the artist to be found:
http://www.sabrinaamrani.com/the-gallery/artists/monica-de-miranda
http://www.tyburngallery.com/artist/monica-de-miranda/
http://www.carloscarvalho-ac.com/artistas/monica-de-miranda_28
http://www.monicademiranda.org/
We require assistants to be available for a minimum of 20 hours a week. The placement is for a period of 3 till 6 months and will take place at some point between Septemper 2021 and June 2022
